Thanks to all and welcome to new members

[Guest guest]

Thank you Jan, Holmes, TG, Dan, Nora, Dirk, Jill, Eric, Jay, Michel, Ivan,

Tony, Raven, Christopher, Colette, Dharma, Gloria, Janpa, Max, Bruce,

David, Annette, Tim, Gill, Tony, Linda, Gene, Gloria, Jerry, Chris, Antoine,

Jelke, Holly, and so many others for your sharing in silence and in words

and your many wise posts, sometimes beautiful poetry, and insights. We are

around 150 members or so. As you all know, the foundation of this list is

built on the Satsangha based on the philosophy of divine love and

nonviolence. All discussions are in that context. In this world, where

conflict, struggle and wars have been the rule, there have been sages such

as Mahavir who have explicitly stated that Non-violence is the cardinal

principle to live by if one wants to give peace and attain peace. Buddha has

emphasized compassion. In Hinduism, Ahimsa is considered the first principle

of the spiritual life. Ramana Maharshi, the great sage of Arunachala has

clearly stated, Ahimsa Param Dharma which means that nonviolence is the

supreme religion. Nonviolence is the most beautiful expression and

manifestation of the unconditioned recognition of the Nature of Reality. We

have brilliant and wise people moderating the list in silence. Here are some

quotes from two of them (Jan and Greg).

 

Love to all

Harsha

 

Jan's quote at the end by Purohit Swami is very beautiful and profound.

 

Jan: After some four months of witnessing, something happened that all of a

sudden brought a most pleasant kind of happiness. The full realization of it

became a full time target; all other activities were automatically scaled

down to background processing. After an eight months "adventure with K." it

was clear that "effort & work" had ended. At that time I had found Purohit

Swami’s translation and commentary of the Patanjali Sutras and according to

him spiritual knowledge should be renounced too*. This took some unusual "

hard work", after which peace was uninterrupted. It still isn’t "the end of

the road" but nothing it left that cares about that.Life is easy indeed,

 

Purhohit Swami: "Worldly power is intoxicating; spiritual power is more

intoxicating; but when the yogi refuses to be drawn into it, his mind

refuses to love and hate, accepts what comes without effort, as the result

of past karma. There is no new desire, no new fuel to feed the fire, the

last embers are fast dying out, reduced to cold ashes, the last impressions

on the mind die out, and the mind finds its rest in Self, dissolves itself

in Self, loses its identity, loses its personality, becomes Self itself."

 

Greg Goode : If we investigate closely, we just might find that experiences

do not happen through the body. That the body is not something that serves

as a conduit for experience-it is ITSELF nothing more than experiences. It

is experienced as sensations, feelings and thoughts. And where do these

sensations, feelings and thoughts happen? Not in or through the body, not

anywhere in fact. Totally non-localized. Any localization is itself just an

experience.